Posted 24 March 2013 - 12:08 PM

But the install I did is not using this guide fully, main difference I guess is using own DSDT.aml!

Are you using N5110 Laptop with Nvidia Card on it?

I have discovered another solution for artifacsts. Im on 10.8.2I booted GraphicsEnabler=Yes(I have Nvidia card too but disabled by dsdt)After boot like this all artifacts are gone. I used switchresx but it didnt help. Also it seems to me the speed increase. Here is the change I noticed in system info and profiler.w/o graphicsenabler there is no word mobile but after enabling there isI solved the problems with fckin artefacts. finally.

Switchresx never helped me because my default frequency of the lcd was 76.smthing and the vendor of my screen is LGD whatever

DUDE! I LOVE YOU!YES! YES! YES!It finally works for me!

This artifact/hangs/freezes problem was driving me mad for years, it was pretty much the only thing that was ruining my hackintosh experience.I got it solved on Lion, i have no idea how (i've bought SSD + 16Gb DDR3 1600Mhz + Installed Clover) which made system work much faster and within a year of using Lion, i only saw single tiny artifact maybe twice and had maybe couple of hangs/freezes.

But same hardware and bootloader were LOADED with artifacts when using Mountain Lion.Changing frequencies using SwitchResX was helping a lot indeed - instead of tons of artifacts i was getting really a few and really rare, until i tried to make a movie with FinalCut

FinalCut was clearly showing, that SwitchResX can hardly be called a solution, besides that i was getting a lot of artifacts, i was experiencing hangs/freezes like every 5 minutes.I started looking into finally buying MacBookPro, when i've ran into "GraphicsEnabler=Yes" solution, and guess what, it's been a month, and i had no single artifact when using Chameleon + GraphicsEnabler=Yes. Yet, every time i tried to boot using clover, i see them coming back.

Thank you sexyass, you've changed my life

Btw, "GraphicsEnabler=Yes" solution obviously can not be used together with Clover kext patch for VGA port.

I had to produce patched kext in order to use it with Chameleon, here it is if anyone needs it.

And keep it mind, that updating to 10.8.3 breaks VGA port functionality.

I had to copy AppleIntel* and IOGraphicsFamily.kext from 10.8.2 to get it working again.

Leave all the kexts how they are.Download bootable image for os which supports this bt device. (I used ubuntu 12.04, its small and fast)Download VMware FusionCreate virtual machine, and install ubuntu on it.Choose not to share bt devices with VM.add in USB and bt connections choose our bt card ( my writes Hewlet packards bt and turns Atheros after getting enabled)when cold booted and bt is disabled just simply start VM and let it reach desktop. and shut it down.thats all the bt will be automatically enabled. close the vm and thats all.

Coming to apple BT mouseDont use two fingers, or ull get a crash even if wifi is disabled.to overcome lagginess turn off and then on wifiin network settings.

2 finger and 3 finger gestures will work without crash but don't keep more than 1 finger on the mouse!

Edit: Finally I did it! Yeah, the product id was the problem. I fixed it now. Here is the kext over here. Delete applehidmouse kext in s/l/e and download this kext. Use any kext installer to install this kext and fix permissions. The mouse works great! here is the link

Posted 24 March 2013 - 06:15 PM

Julio Vargas

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Simple but effective adjustment to remove the annoying system to reboot and shutdown delays mountain lion 10.8.2 and 10.8.3, which is a widespread problem that affects even genuine equipment. Works great on my Dell N5110 Core i7 only make the settings shown on this page http://goo.gl/4g7JR

I recommend using textmate to edit the plist file and can do from home without having to repair permissions. Although else do it not. Please take the necessary precautions, as this file is very important for the system. I recommend that before making any adjustments, make a backup of the plist file to the desktop or another location and proceed.

Posted 25 March 2013 - 03:27 AM

vanquybn

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Hi all,
All the mediafire link on post 1 has error.
I have somthing need help from you guys:
My laptop: Dell inspiron N5110 i7 2670Qm / HDD 640GB / 16GB RAM
I have completed install mac os x 10.8.2 as post 1 of this topic(included post install). however when i move mouse on docbar or opening one program, my screen draf/break some thing on beside window/icon.
I can not dual boot with windows 8 64bit because this laptop is old boot efi (not uefi).
So any one please teach me how to resolve these issue. thanks!

This artifact/hangs/freezes problem was driving me mad for years, it was pretty much the only thing that was ruining my hackintosh experience.I got it solved on Lion, i have no idea how (i've bought SSD + 16Gb DDR3 1600Mhz + Installed Clover) which made system work much faster and within a year of using Lion, i only saw single tiny artifact maybe twice and had maybe couple of hangs/freezes.

But same hardware and bootloader were LOADED with artifacts when using Mountain Lion.Changing frequencies using SwitchResX was helping a lot indeed - instead of tons of artifacts i was getting really a few and really rare, until i tried to make a movie with FinalCut

FinalCut was clearly showing, that SwitchResX can hardly be called a solution, besides that i was getting a lot of artifacts, i was experiencing hangs/freezes like every 5 minutes.I started looking into finally buying MacBookPro, when i've ran into "GraphicsEnabler=Yes" solution, and guess what, it's been a month, and i had no single artifact when using Chameleon + GraphicsEnabler=Yes. Yet, every time i tried to boot using clover, i see them coming back.

Thank you sexyass, you've changed my life

Btw, "GraphicsEnabler=Yes" solution obviously can not be used together with Clover kext patch for VGA port.I had to produce patched kext in order to use it with Chameleon, here it is if anyone needs it.And keep it mind, that updating to 10.8.3 breaks VGA port functionality.I had to copy AppleIntel* and IOGraphicsFamily.kext from 10.8.2 to get it working again.

HDMI still works in 10.8.3, never tried vga to be honest (even before)

I have edited the DSDT from scratch, it may not be perfect, but certainly works, a couple of warnings, no errors.

I strongly sugest people do the same, it is far better than using anyone elses.

Never used any 3rd party software to fix artifacts, but they were really bad at one point, by making sure all kexts were working correctly, loading ok (you can check that with kext wizard, and console for errors) and repairing/ rebuilding cache I could then set useKernelcache=yes to improve boot, but all artifacts issues gone (due to combination of repairing cache, graphics enabler I imagine)

there is an improved USB3.0 kext floating about now, geneeric one.. installs as normal kext

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Posted 26 March 2013 - 06:30 PM

Hi allfirst I would like to thanks the creator of this article and for the commenters, by far this is the best and easiest hackintosh I installed.

I still can't get my vga out to work properly, but I'm considering something different - why not using apple TV and AirParrot?if any one can give me his pros and cons that will be great.

so... I bought it,It's not a full replacement for HDMI out, there is some lag and it can't be used for everything, another thing - there are some compression marks when the wifi is not 100% stable.

that said - the quality is pretty good (I'm using it right now) the lag is noticeable but bearable, I'm not sure it will be good to video/photo editing but text editing, web surfing and such are great.

you don't really need airparrpot (unless you need it special features like second screen) mirroring is working perfect.

if you like me and you have a lot of apple devices this is a very nice little thing, if not you will find it to be very short in features (it can't even play videos from usb (no usb entrance at all)

Posted 27 March 2013 - 10:56 PM

so what did you purchase? an air parrot? Ive not looked at one before..

i know others have fixed vga, Im not sure if it worked or not on my frineds, but you know HDMI works (hd3000 btw, you may have different)

I purchased Apple TV, turns out that since ML most don't need airparrot because of mirroring support.I tried to fix vga, I get vga out when restarting with the cable attached, but the screen is distorted.about the HDMI, I have NVIDIA and as I understand from this thread, the HDMI port is going trough this disabled card.